An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 PEA FAMILY. 365 13. Psoralea Onobrychis Xutt. Sainfoin Psoralea. French-grass. Fig. 2503. Slylosanthes racemosa Nutt. Fraser Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea Onobrychis Nutt. Gen. 2: 104. 1818. Glabrous or slightly pubescent, branched, 3°-6° high. Glands of the foliage few and small; stipules subulate; petioles about
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 PEA FAMILY. 365 13. Psoralea Onobrychis Xutt. Sainfoin Psoralea. French-grass. Fig. 2503. Slylosanthes racemosa Nutt. Fraser Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea Onobrychis Nutt. Gen. 2: 104. 1818. Glabrous or slightly pubescent, branched, 3°-6° high. Glands of the foliage few and small; stipules subulate; petioles about equalling the 3-foIiolate leaves; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 2-4' long, 1-2' wide, entire, rounded or truncate at the base, acu- minate at the apex, the terminal one on a stalk about l' long; racemes numerous, and terminal, very slender and loosely flowered, 3'-6' long; pedun- cles equalling or shorter than the leaves; flowers purplish, ii'-2' long; pod obliquely ovoid, 4'-6' long, transversely wrinkled and roughened with points. Along rivers, southern Ontario to Tennessee, South Carolina and Missouri. June-July. 17. AMORPHA L. Sp. PI. 713. 1753. Glandular-punctate shrubs, with odd-pinnate leaves, and small violet blue or white flowers, in dense terminal spicate racemes. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, or the lower ones longer; standard obovate, erect, clawed, folded around the stamens and style; wings'and keel none. Stamens monadelphous below; anthers all alike. Ovary sessile, 2-celled; style curved; stigma terminal. Pod short, oblong, curved, nearly indehiscent, 1-2-seeded. [Greek, deformed, four petals being absent.] About 15 species, natives of North America and Mexico. Type species: Amorpha fruticosa L. Tall shrub ; leaflets 1-2' long : pod usually 2-seeded. i. A. fnilicosa. Low shrubs ; leaflets 3'-6' long; pod i-seeded. Glabrous or nearly so : spikes commonly solitary. 2. A. nana. Densely canescent; spikes commonly clustered. 3. A, canescens.
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